Thirds to henry zervas and julius wegert



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H. LONGAUER.

PAN;V ,y y Y Patented Nov. 19,' 1895.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

v HUBERT LONGAUER, OF MIIAUKEE,y WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TOHENRY ZERVAS AND JULIUS WEGERT, OF SAME PLACE.

FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,107, dated November19, 1895. Application iiled May 6, 1895. Serial No. 548,288. (N0 model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT LONGAUE'R, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention has for its obj ect to provide simple, economical, andeffective fans readily attachable to rotary parts of various machines,it being especially designed for use in connection with hand-wheels ofsewing-machines; and it consists in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts herev` inafter set forth withreference to the accompanyin g drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a sectional view of my fan inconnection with a sewing-machineg Fig. 2, an elevation of the same; Fig.3, a detail perspective view illustrating a spring-clamping deviceconstituting part of the fan, and Fig. 4 a detail sectional view takenon line 4. 4L of Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, I show a wire cage comprisingconcentric rings A B,

' joined at intervals by plates b, suitably curved braces C, connectedat their inner ends to the ring B, and a series of rings D fast in thebraces, the general contour of said cage being clearly illustrated inFig. l and constituting a guard for blades E, hereinafter set forth.

The plates b, connecting the rings AB, are provided with bearings c forstems d, soldered or otherwise rigidly joined to the blades E, and slotse in these blades are engaged by a ring F, loose in the braces C abovespecied. Collars f, fast on the ring F, face opposite sides ofthe-blades to exert pressure thereon to the hand-wheel G of asewing-machine (shown in Fig. l) or to a rotary part of varie ous othermachines; but as a matter of prefer-A ence I show spring-wireclamping-hooks I-I, having shanks h, terminating in loops t', engagingthe wires A B of said cage. By the employment of the springclamping-hooks herein shown the blade-containing cage may be readilyattached to the hand-wheel of any sewing-machine, said hooks comingtight against the inner portion of the rim of such a wheel. It is alsoto be observed that the fan-blades may be adjusted at will to deiiectair toward or from the'operator of the machine in greater or lessdegree, proportionate to the angle kof adjustment, or said blades may beset so as to not deflect in either direction aforesaid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ism- 1.'A fan comprising a skeleton cageconsisting of a pair of concentric rings joined at intervals by suitableplates, curved braces connected to the outermost of said rings and otherrings supported in the braces; slotted blades within the cage havingstems loose in bearings on the aforesaid plates, another ring loose insaid braces and the blade-slots, collars on the latter ring facingopposite sides of each blade, and stops adjustable on said latter ringon opposite sides of one of the aforesaid braces. A

2. A fan comprising a skeleton cage consisting of a pair of concentricrings joined at intervals by suitable plates, curved braces connected tothe outermost of said rings, and other rings su ported in the braces,slotted blades within t e'cage having stems loose in bearings on theaforesaid plates, another ring loose in said braces and blade-slots, andcollars on the latter ring facing opposite sides of each blade. j

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses. HUBERT LONGAUER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. LOWEEY, N. E. OLIPEANT.

